Ginni Rometty — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Became the first woman to head IBM as Chairman, President, and CEO in 2012
Serves as Co-Chair at OneTen
Led IBM's strategic focus on analytics, cloud computing, and cognitive computing systems as CEO
Helped negotiate IBM's purchase of PricewaterhouseCoopers' IT consulting business in 2002
Author of 'Good Power'
Graduated from Northwestern University in 1979 with a bachelor's degree in computer science and electrical engineering

Biography

Virginia "Ginni" Rometty is an American business executive known for her nearly 40-year career at IBM, where she served as Chairman, President, and CEO. She became the first woman to head the company when she assumed the CEO role in January 2012, stepping down as CEO on April 1, 2020, and retiring from IBM on December 31, 2020, as executive chairman.

Rometty joined IBM as a systems engineer in 1981, subsequently heading global sales, marketing, and strategy.